TA2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Taunton, Pyrland and Lyngford, in Somerset.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an TA2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In TA2, 89.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How TA2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is TA2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TA2 at a rate of 87.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 95.6 per 1,000 people across TA.
In August 2026 alone, 220 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TA2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,222), shoplifting (486) and other crime (478).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TA2 was 81.6 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in TA2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TA2 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in TA2
MPs for TA2
- Gideon AmosLiberal DemocratMP for Taunton and Wellington99% of TA2’s postcodes
- Sir Ashley FoxConservativeMP for Bridgwater0.8% of TA2’s postcodes
- Rachel GilmourLiberal DemocratMP for Tiverton and Minehead0.7% of TA2’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in TA23
Postcode sectors in TA23
Council1
Towns in TA21
Postcode districts next to TA26
Nearest rail stations2
More in the TA postcode area2
TA2 in brief
TA2 is a postcode district covering Taunton, Pyrland and Lyngford, in Somerset.
About 33,459 people lived in TA2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £265,000 in 2025 across 522 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 87.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in TA2 was £265,000 in 2025.
TA2 had 31,716 usual residents at the census.
In TA2, 89.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In TA2, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.